So here we are, just three more short days until my
favourite day of the year...Christmas Day!!! Now I’m thinking that as normal I should be
really excited about the impending festivities. But instead, as I type this, I
am without doubt in a state of confusion and dysfunctional chaos while trying
to determine what to do next and also how to never let this sorry situation happen
again. So, as my act of attrition, I write this as a cautionary
tale for parents everywhere, for those relaxed folk who think, like I did, hey
it’ll be ok ! or it’s a bit early for that ! we can do that whenever.. .. this
is my tale ... a tale of .... ‘The
Christmas List’
Ok, in order to give this a little context and because this
is my first proper blog, I’m a dad of two lovely little girls, daughter 1 is almost
10yrs old and daughter 2 is nearly 8yrs.
Both are gorgeous and both are very different in character...
Now, given that daughter 1 is nearing her final year of
junior school, it’s fair to say that her belief in the ‘bloke in red’ is at
best tested at this time of year... she
has friends with older siblings and those that are just that bit more sceptical
and those that just plain know. Now I know for a fact, that she knows that he
doesn’t exist and that she knows that I know that she knows, but bless her she won’t actually
say it out loud!! ... It’s almost that thing that an admission of knowing may
actually ruin it for her and that somehow she wouldn’t get any presents. So, instead
whenever the subject of sending a letter to Santa comes up, or a very dodgy
looking Santa arrives on our doorstep then she just casts her head towards me
and gives me a knowing wink.